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LABIATAE. 



[Vol. III. 



2. Salvia pratensis L,. Meadow Sage. 



(Fig. 3125.) 



Salvia (tralensis L. Sp. PI. 25. 175,^ 



Perennial, pubescent or puberulcnt; stem 

 erect, rather stout, simple or little branched, 

 sparingly leafy. Basal leaves long-pctioled, 

 ovate, oblong, or ovate-lanceolate, irregularly 

 crenulate, obtuse at the apex, rounded or cor- 

 date at the base, thick, rugose, 2'-7' long; 

 stem leaves much smaller, narrower, commonly 

 acute, sessile or nearly so; clusters spicate, the 

 spike elongated, interrupted; calj-x campanu- 

 late, glandular-pubescent, the teeth of the up- 

 per lip minute, those of the lower long, subulate; 

 corolla purple, minutely glandular, its upper 

 lip strongly arched, mostly longer than the 

 lower; lower end of the connective with a 

 small or imperfect anther-sac. 



Atlantic Co., N. ]. Fugitive or adventive from 

 Europe. May-July. 



3. Salvia Pitcheri Terr. Pitcher's 

 Sage. (Fig. 3126.) 



Salvia Pitcheri Ton.; lientli. Lab. 251. 1833. 

 Salvia aztirea var. grandiflora Benth, in DC. 



Prodr. 12: 302. 184S. 



Perennial, downy; stem stout, branched or 

 simple, erect, 2°-5° high; branches uearly erect. 

 Leaves linear or linear-oblong, dentate to en- 

 tire, sessile, or narrowed at the base into short 

 petioles, firm, 2'-^' long, 2"-S" wide, the up- 

 permost reduced to small bracts; clusters in 

 long dense terminal spikes, or the lower ones 

 distant; calyx oblong-campanulatc, densely 

 and finely woolly, about 3" long, its upper lip 

 entire, obtuse, the lower with 2 ovate acute 

 teeth; corolla blue, finelj' pubescent without, i' 

 long, its lower lip broad, sinuately 3-lobed, 

 longer than the concave upper one; lower ends 

 of the connectives dilated, often adherent to 

 each other, destitute of anther-sacs. 



On drj- plains, Missouri, Kansas and Colorado to 

 Texas. Introduced into Illinois. July-Sept. 



4. Salvia lanceolata Willd. l,ance-leaved 

 Sage. (Fig. 3127.) 



Salvia lanceolata Willd. Enum. 37. 1809. 



Annual, puberulent or glabrous; stem leafy, usually 

 much branched, erect or diffuse, 6'-i8' high. Leaves 

 oblong, linear-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, petioled, 

 mostly obtuse at the apex and narrowed at the base, 

 crenulate-dentate or entire, l'-2' long, 2."-%" wide, 

 the upper reduced to lanceolate-subulate, rather per- 

 sistent bracts; flowers mostly opposite, but sometimes 

 3-4 together in the terminal spike-like racemes; pedi- 

 celsshorter than the campanulate calyx; calyx 2"-3" 

 long, its upper lip ovate, entire, the lower 2-cleft, the 

 teeth ovate, mucronate; corolla blue (?) about 4" 

 long, its lower lip narrow, twice as long as the upper; 

 lower ends of the connectives dilated. 



On plains, Nebraska and Colorado to Texas, Arizona 

 and Mexico. May- Sept. 



